Maui firefighters Sunday extinguished a brush fire that blackened 2 acres of grass and brush near Valley Isle Memorial Park in Haiku.
Area residents saw the smoke from the fire and alerted the Maui Fire Department at 4:05 p.m.
Arriving firefighters found a large area of brush on fire on Hahana Road, which leads to the “Jaws” surf break, about a half-mile off of Hana Highway.
The fire was brought under control by 4:35 p.m. and extinguished an hour later.
The cause of the fire was undetermined.
No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported.
On Saturday, Maui firefighters extinguished a shed fire that also burned macadamia nut and banana trees in Wailuku.
The fire started just before 11:30 a.m. in the Wailuku Country Estates neighborhood and burned the small shed to the ground, said Maui Fire Department spokesman Edward Taomoto.
By the time firefighters arrived about 10 minutes after the initial call, the blaze had spread to nearby macadamia nut and banana trees.
Firefighters extinguished the fire by 12:05 p.m.
The cause of the fire was undetermined, and damage was estimated at $1,000.
Kaneohe man charged with abusing woman
A 20-year-old Kaneohe man was charged Saturday with abusing an 18-year-old woman in Kailua.
Kona Casteel was charged with abuse, and his bail was set at $40,000.
Police said Casteel choked the woman twice — on March 29 and Friday. He was arrested at 9:45 p.m. Friday without incident for investigation of kidnapping, abuse and terroristic threatening. It was not clear whether other charges are pending.
Man hospitalized after stabbing in Wahiawa
A 43-year-old man was taken to a hospital Saturday after being stabbed in the stomach in Wahiawa, police said.
The man was arguing with a 28-year-old man when the younger man stabbed the victim once in the belly at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Police opened a second-degree assault investigation. No one was arrested.
Police tackle pair of sexual assault cases
UPDATE July 2018: Kyle Sitowski pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault and was acquitted on both charges on July 18, 2018.
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A man was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Waikiki, and a woman reported being sexually assaulted in Salt Lake by a man she met online, police said this weekend.
Kyle Sitowski of Waikiki was charged Saturday with second-degree sexual assault, and his bail was set at $75,000.
Police said a 21-year-old woman reported Sitowski sexually assaulted her at about midnight March 24. He was arrested at the main police station at about 12:35 p.m. Friday.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated case, police were investigating a report of a sexual assault in Salt Lake.
Police said a 25-year-old woman reported an unknown man she met online sexually assaulted her and injured her between 7:45 and 11:10 a.m. Saturday. Police opened a first-degree sexual assault investigation.
